Open Source for IBM Z and LinuxONE

  • 1.  Web applications for z/OS using REXX Scripting?

    Posted Thu July 16, 2020 04:41 AM
    I'm looking for information on how/where to start to develop a web application using REXX scripting that also supports SAF authentication.

    This seems like a good place to start the discussion.

    ------------------------------
    Lionel Dyck
    ------------------------------


  • 2.  RE: Web applications for z/OS using REXX Scripting?

    Posted Thu July 16, 2020 02:21 PM
    Hi Lionel.

    Could you give me some more detail on what your solution is going to do?  REXX (as you say) is generally used for scripting, not writing a web application.  I don't understand well enough to be able to offer you any pointers on how to get started.

    Thanks.

    ------------------------------
    Matthew Cousens
    ------------------------------



  • 3.  RE: Web applications for z/OS using REXX Scripting?

    Posted Thu July 16, 2020 04:11 PM

    I was thinking it would be interesting to take some of the ISPF applications that I've developed and make them available via the web. Specifically apps that return information to about the system after prompting the user for what information they want to see.  I'm not interested in making it look like a 3270 on the web but in making it appear a true web application that interacts with z/OS.

    And because I know REXX, I was thinking a REXX CGI would be a cool way to do it.



    ------------------------------
    Lionel Dyck
    ------------------------------



  • 4.  RE: Web applications for z/OS using REXX Scripting?

    Posted Fri July 17, 2020 09:31 AM
    It's hard to know where to start, but I'm going to guess at the beginning... first you need a web server installed and running.  I know IBM has Apache HTTP Server available.  Then you can see what needs to be done to support REXX as CGI programs.

    Not sure about SAF.  You'd have to research what (if anything) IBM's server provides with integrating authentication & authorization of Apache to SAF.

    ------------------------------
    Steve Smith
    ------------------------------



  • 5.  RE: Web applications for z/OS using REXX Scripting?

    Posted Fri July 17, 2020 09:33 AM
    Hi Lionel,

    I have never done it myself, but I believe you can start with XML. 
    Your REXX can format some XML and SAML for SAF thing to be used by web server as web server and XML get along well.
    And you can have all of them in z/OS.

    ------------------------------
    Yoyok ADITIAS
    ------------------------------